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Jon Stewart | A Moment of Sincerity (VIDEO)
Jon Stewart explains why he organized the Rally for Sanity/Fear.
Understanding Instability: Mandelbrot, Fractals and Financial Crises
Lightning in the sky does not follow a straight line. The irregular patterns in a cauliflower or the capricious forms of a tree’s branch are a challenge to the …
Obama, Afghanistan and That Infernal Drip
It is impossible to overestimate the significance of leaks from the military to the media, particularly to Bob Woodward and his paper, the Washington Post.
Immigration Policing Opt-Out Called Into Question
New York - Will U.S. local law enforcement be forced to participate in a programme that critics say will put city police in the position of enforcing federal immigration …
Brazil Elects Dilma Rousseff as First Female President
The 62-year-old spent three years in jail, studied economics and served as Lula's chief of staff. Rio De Janerio, Brazil - Latin America’s largest democracy chose its first female …
Outside Groups Dominate 2010 Campaign Spending
Aurora, Colorado - A snarling dog rushes the front door, but GOP House challenger Ryan Frazier, campaigning house to house, is more concerned about defusing attack ads flooding the …
Rick Wolff | Economic Crisis and Tax Injustice
The Associated Press's Robin Hindery reported on October 29, 2010 that the AP had found a remarkable fact: communities across the US have been raising their local property taxes. …
Stephen Pitt | An Exhausted Christine O’Donnell Sleeps After Halloween
WikiLessons: War Is a Joke, but It Isn’t Funny
By now you've probably seen (or at least heard about) the recent WikiLeaks logs on Iraq (and previously on Afghanistan), which reveal a pattern of widespread brutality and official …
The New American Isolationism: The Cost of Turning Away From War’s Horrific Realities
A new isolationism is metastasizing in the American body politic. At its heart lies not an urge to avoid war, but an urge to avoid contemplating the costs and …